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Here I Go Again | D&D

Ev was, improbably, out for drinks with Winston.

It wasn’t that she didn’t enjoy her brother’s company. It was more that she didn’t really enjoy most people’s company, especially at the crowded and sticky Wetherspoons down the street from DevTech in the Next Town Over. Ev would much prefer to be home, reheating some takeaway with a glass of red and a Love Island recap podcast.

But this time of year, she tended to get a little... well, not sentimental, but she got the feeling that maybe she should actually try to spend time with the only living immediate family member she had left. So she was trying to do more of that.

Ev took a sip of her beer (ew) and smiled. “Congrats on the big role. You must have practiced a lot for that one.”

@winndeavor

#winston #here i go again

Friend or Enemy | Evina

accendimi:

Sarina grinned as she glanced at the bag, of course it was so much harder when the woman knew exactly what she was going for but Sarina wasn’t so much for honesty.

“It looks like you don’t trust me that much if you’re going to choose something at the bottom of your purse.” Sarina mused with a small laugh as she moved around the woman. Moving around to keep her attention moving.

“But it would be so easy in the street all I do is bump into you and while i hold onto your arm and apologize i slip my hand in your purse and pull it out.” Which Sarina did as she undid a watch and pocketing that along with a pin Ev had in her bag.

Holding up the lighter Sarina pretended to put it back in Ev’s purse while grabbing another item from her purse.

“But see we’re in a home. What I should do is offer to take your purse, set it down by the contract and while I’m moving it I just reach in and take it again. But of course that’s all theory.”

And Sarina held out her hands so all of her scores were visible. Including the lighter.

Ev didn’t really care if someone pickpocketed her. She didn’t carry anything that was actually valuable around in her bag (valuable to her, that was. She had plenty of expensive items that a thief could theoretically get big bucks for, but information was more valuable to Ev and she kept all of that locked tightly behind firewalls. If someone made off with a watch, fine.)

“Very impressive. Now, if you could put them back, that’d be lovely,” Ev said, rolling her eyes, and opened her bag. “I’ve learned my lesson, I’ll keep a closer eye on my things. What is your game plan here, anyway? What are you looking for? I’d think you’d want to be somewhere a little more exciting than Swynlake. I know I would.”

#sarina #friend or enemy

Lovely Little Towns {OPEN}

panicked-nights:

Panic couldn’t help the smirk, if only that girl a demon had stood infront of her many times. What would she do. Try to ram a sword through him?

“I dunno, I mean of course Demons are so utterly terrifying I wouldn’t know what to do if I ran into one. But we’re not hunting the vampires down and we had a few of those all the same. Dunno feels like I’m just waiting for the unspoken group to stand up and speak.” Panic challenged with a small laugh.

Honestly he was just entertained by the Twitter chaos.

“Isn’t everyone?” Ev replied with a shrug. Inside, the idea made her angry-- that people cared so little. Including this man. But she didn’t want to call attention to herself. “Nobody wants to be the one to say something. Because then you get accused of all kinds of horrible things. But I think a lot of people feel that way deep down.”

#panic #lovely little towns

Friend or Enemy | Evina

accendimi:

“Depends do you like shiny things, Or do you have expensive taste. I have a box full at home.” Sarina grinned. “I have quite sticky fingers and an expensive taste.” Looking her over Sarina grinned.

“Tell me something on you that you think would be hard to lift.”

Ev looked at Sarina dubiously. She didn’t really want to give up anything on her that was valuable, but she also didn’t want Sarina thinking that she was scared. So fine, she thought. Something not that important to her. Since Ev did believe that she was probably capable of stealing if she said she was. Ev reached into her deep leather shoulder bag and pulled out a shiny silver Zippo lighter, a gift from a client. Not all that important, but it looked expensive. “This is always sitting at the bottom of my bag. Good luck,” Ev said nonchalantly, dropping it back in the bag to the bottom.

#sarina #friend or enemy

Lovely Little Towns {OPEN}

panicked-nights:

“I think we’re used to insanity in this town. A few years ago Vampire attacks were rapent enough to impose a curfew and what now we don’t cause its safe. We had a vampire going to school with my sister. I dunno it’s like a town wide thing to accept the bad and move on. Unless you talk about demon hunting on twitter then who knows.” Panic shrugged because really at this point in time he could care less. If any vampire decided to take a bite of his family then he would have a problem. But until then he really didn’t care.

Ev sighed. Right or wrong, the man was right about one thing: people did exactly that in Swynlake. Because most people in Swynlake only had disasters impact them marginally. It was a funny story for a party or a strange blip in their summer. And then there were the few who had truly terrible things happen because of Swynlake’s openness toward magic. But they were never vocal enough to change things.

Ev was going to change things.

“Right, that’s the girl whose parents were killed by demons, right? Or possessed? I don’t agree with her methods, but you have to admit she has a point-- if there are demons running all around this place... well, it just makes you wonder, right?” Ev couldn’t be too forthright with how she felt, just in case this was one of those crazy magick rights people.

#panic #lovely little towns

Run Command | Evanescence

vanecessary-conditions:

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Vanessa got a sudden flashback to working with her dad in his lab. He was always super encouraging, especially when it came to mixing magic and technology. She felt a pang, overwhelmed with a weird… missing feeling.

No. She didn’t miss her annoying, overbearing, embarrassing dad. She didn’t miss Nebraska. She was here in Swynlake and she was gonna make Evelyn Deavor super duper proud by absolutely acing this internship project.

“For sure!” Vanessa said, giving Evelyn a little salute. “What’s the deadline on this? End of summer? Sooner? I just wanna make sure I figure out some time to work on it with all the other intern stuff.”

Ev was patient. She didn’t mind waiting; if it was going to take Vanessa a couple of months to make this it would still be worth it. But Ev was starting to get a little bit tired of being patient, and anyway, if Vanessa rushed, it would be more likely something could go wrong.

“If you could move up the timeline a little bit, I would really appreciate it. July, maybe? Even sooner, if you can? I don’t want to rush you, but I think this will be a good lesson in time management. When you work in disaster response, sometimes you have to act quickly. I’m sure you know what I mean,” Ev replied with a shrug, trying to seem casual about the whole thing.

#vanessa #run command

Lovely Little Towns {OPEN}

panicked-nights:

Panic sighed, he really didn’t care all that much for vampires, all dark magic creatures got a bad rep that was for sure. Hell he had to read about that chick honestly talking about demon hunting on twitter.

Mind you it was fun to just provoke it too.

“Depends if this is pro or against? I really can’t tell. What does windwheels with your arms mean? Get away from me you scare me? Or come eat me?” Panic mused. “I bet most have moved on from last fall anyway.”

Ev chuckled and shook her head. “Honestly, I don’t know all that much about dance or art. So perhaps I shouldn’t be talking. Maybe it was supposed to be some sort of tribute to process their emotions about it or something. Must’ve gone over my head...” She glanced at the stranger quizzically. “You really think so, though? That people have forgotten about it already?”

#panic #lovely little towns

Do It for the Gram . [Evile]

thorns-ofthe-thistle:

Thistle snorted and raised an eyebrow at her. He thought she was supposed to be some genius scientist, but she didn’t know much about the world and about magic, did she? An oversight in his opinion. Magic was not everywhere in this world, as it was in Elfhame, but it was not so foreign. In fact, it had been much more prevalent once and it could be that way again.

Except for people exactly like Evelyn. Not that Thistle was on some pro-Magick crusade. He thought many of them could be quite annoying actually. Especially the seelie. Especially pixies. If they wanted to live on this ravenged earth, more power to them.

“Yes,” he said–not specifying which question he was answering. He did not, exactly, want to give away his cousins. Mostly because their glamours were different than his. Also, he did not want to be asked more questions about his family by his nosy roommate. The one problem with Evelyn was that she was very direct in her line of questioning. Though, she had not realized how much of a problem this could pose for him. Yet.

“I assume there are plenty of people like me in this world. I thought you were from a magic-friendly place, Evelyn. You cannot tell me you haven’t met others like myself.”

“Well, I’ve met a lot of self-obsessed pricks, but none with tails,” Ev drawled. She knew that Theo was really talking about Magicks in general. Because apparently that was a type of Magick now, people with animal features and some strange ability to get people to do what they wanted. Mostly harmless but very annoying. Also absolutely useless to Ev’s ends, which was really the annoying part.

She looked up from her phone. “Do we have quite enough pictures or are you going to just lie there for the rest of the afternoon?”

#theo #do it for the gram

Friend or Enemy | Evina

accendimi:

“I was bored the last time i was here but now I’ll spend the time messing with people. I’ve already seen a few that I wouldn’t mind getting in bed with.” Sarina joked but it wasn’t a lie either. Plus both Sykes boys were here again and pretty much Sarina had the people she cared about in one place. It helped.

“Plus there’s no reason not to jet off for a weekend for a gig here and there.”

Ev couldn’t tell if this was an act or if Sarina was genuinely like this. Considering she was working with Drakken, though, Ev supposed she shouldn’t be surprised. “Aren’t we rather sure of ourselves?” she joked. “Tell me more about these gigs, then. Anything that’d be of interest to me?”

#sarina #friend or enemy

panicked-nights

Lovely Little Towns {OPEN}

Swynlake had grown on Panic, of course he was tired of the place at the same time but that didn’t mean that he wasn’t fond of it.

It was just- there were moments.

Moments of people still not knowing how the town worked. Moments of people running through the street yelling about trolls. Or maybe demon dogs. He was sure he once heard someone calling for the end of the world.

And then there were moments like this leaving Panic dumbfounded and sipping at his coffee as he stared at someone in the park doing some ridiculous thing.

“You know what- I don’t want to know.”

evil--endeavors

Ev was getting all of this on camera. Some kind of silly interpretive dance about vampires. Hadn’t public performance art gone out of style years ago?

Not that she was going to post it on her personal social media account, of course. But she had other ways. She could send it to the Squire, an anonymous tip about how uni kids were out of control. Or maybe she could post it on any number of anonymous social media accounts she had. Shit like this spread like wildfire online, with nobody checking who had actually posted it. This was what happened when “magical education” spiraled out of control.

She stopped recording when someone approached her and stuck her phone in her bag. “Yeah, that was pretty weird. And, like, seems a little insensitive? I mean, given what happened last fall?”

#panic #lovely little towns

Not So Lucky || Spiderbyte

missxspider:

All of the hours Susan spent looking for a cure to her… curse came back to bite her. She wasn’t exactly tech savvy, but she knew what had happened. She’d been hacked. It was the only way anyone would know what she was.

Susan bit her lip in shame, not wanting to say anything incriminating in light of this proof. But the proof she had was hardly proof. Susan loved reading and learning and she could explain this!

Getting defensive, Susan leaned forward and said, “I’m sorry, I don’t think doing some online research makes me a danger to the community. And I wouldn’t consider someone who invades my privacy without my knowing a friend. Funny friends you might have…” bitingly. “I’ve never hurt anyone in Swynlake and I have never intended to. I don’t know if I can say the same for you anymore.”

This was a gamble, making an enemy of Evelyn. If she persisted in her accusations it could be devastating to Susan’s life she’d built here. It was a risk she had to take in order to keep the status quo.

Ev chuckled. “How observant of you. I suppose I don’t really have friends in this town. It’s such a disgusting little place. Crawling with Magicks.” It was nice to be able to be honest, for once, Ev thought. Keeping up that appearance of the absentminded fool, the curious and concerned neighbor, it was exhausting. And demeaning. So much easier just to be herself.

A heightened version of herself, anyway. This was what Ev liked about having leverage on people. She got to put on a little performance.

“So do you know any other Magicks? You must. Don’t all of you have little ways of figuring that out?” Ev continued, ignoring Susan’s comment. “No pressure, of course. It’s just that I do have some pretty damning-looking evidence.” Did Ev really intend to out Susan? Probably not. Ev wanted to gather some proof that Susan was actually dangerous before she did that. For all she knew, Ev could be telling the truth, that she had never hurt anyone. Still, blackmail could be a powerful thing.

#susan #not so lucky

Run Command | Evanescence

vanecessary-conditions:

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For the first time in, well, her entire dang life, Vanessa felt like things were going her way. She finally had a sorcerer mentor. She was doing okay in school (well, she was doing pretty good in the classes she liked, which evened out how not good she was doing in the boring ones). She had an internship that she was doing well at and was even impressing Dr. Deavor.

That last one meant a lot — Dr. Deavor was this totally cool STEM-lady (and also gay? Vanessa thought she remembered reading about that somewhere in some online profile at one point) and she was successful and badass and she thought Vanessa was doing a good job.

“Thank you!” she said, trying to hide just how wide she was smiling. “I was thinking of using some loud reagents? I helped someone’s drone in a park once, which isn’t super related I guess, but it took off!”

And also exploded, but Vanessa wasn’t gonna mention that part.

Loud reagents? Honestly, Ev had no idea what that was. Sounded like a nuisance to her. But if she could get Vanessa to cause enough of a nuisance that it annoyed the people of Swynlake into restricting magic more, so be it. It was a petty and ridiculous way to do that, but at this point, Ev was not above petty and ridiculous.

“A drone? That’s impressive, I knew I chose right when I chose you,” Ev simpered, maybe laying it on a little thick. But this was what uni students needed. Validation. “It’s an alarm system, and you do want to get people’s attention, so don’t worry about being too loud. Wherever you decide to test it, the neighbors will understand. Someone’s always around testing their experiments. And besides, it’s Swynlake. It won’t be near to the strangest thing anyone will see in a day.”

That was very much a stretch of the truth, but if Ev was going to lean into this “nuisance” thing, she really had to go all in and put Vanessa in the worst situation possible.

“My one request is that you bring it to me before you test it out. Just so I can make sure it doesn’t explode or anything.” Or to make sure it does, Ev thought. “I trust you, but an extra set of eyes never hurts.”

#vanessa #run command

Friend or Enemy | Evina

accendimi:

That wasn’t any fun but Sarina was learning that quickly about this woman. She’d have to play a little more straightforward if she wanted to play at all.

“I may seem like I’m playing but just as you are what you see is what you get I’m the same. I”m here for a good time but not a long time. A certain skill set of being on the run and enough passports to get me around the world untracked. I only play by the rules that benefit me. Drakken benefits me so if he’s on you’re side until otherwise stated you get the benefit of me as well.”

Ev raised her eyebrows. Damn. This woman was, like, who Ev thought she would have been herself by now. Jet-setting, getting away with whatever she wanted. Instead she was stuck in this tiny town.

“You must be pretty bored here,” Ev commented, crossing in her arms and looking at Sarina appraisingly. “Can’t imagine of all places in the world you’d want to be in Wiltshire, England.”

#sarina #friend or enemy

Do It for the Gram . [Evile]

thorns-ofthe-thistle:

Oh, yes, Thistle knew how this little Mundus felt about magic. However, he also did not care. In fact, his tail and little bit of telekinetic powers making her so uncomfortable amused him. If only she knew the real monster she lived with, dark eyes, blue blood, and pointed ears. He did not look as inhuman as some of his cousins. He was, after all, part human, and that diluted his appearance, but he still had to keep up his glamour.

Lest he give himself away.

“Perhaps raccoon tailed people might enjoy it too,” Thistle quipped back, his tail flicking back and forth once before it curled up against his back, where it stayed when it was resting. “Or perhaps fox-tailed.”

He was, of course, thinking of his cousins when he said this, though he was under no impression that they would be ordering any products he advertised.

Ev made a face. It was just plain weird, that was the truth. She assumed Theo had been cursed in some way, or maybe had sought out the tail as a fashion accessory. Wouldn’t surprise her. He was vain enough.

“There are more of you?” she asked, making a face. “Didn’t realize it was a whole fashion trend. From... where are you from? London, right?” She snapped a few more photos as she spoke, knowing Theo might bother her about them later. “Candids.” Ugh.

#theo #do it for the gram

Do It for the Gram . [Evile]

thorns-ofthe-thistle:

Thistle laughed properly at that.

When his head fell forward again, he gave her a little wink.

“Wouldn’t you like to know,” he told her.

And, he had his suspicions that she did want to know. Even if she disliked magic. He could see the thirst for power in her eyes. It was a common emotion in Elfhame, after all. Everyone craved more power than they had. It was never enough. He actually appreciated this about her. It was familiar.

“Now, make sure to get my tail in this next shot. There aren’t many Magick Influencers out there. I am filling a niche.”

Ev grimaced and adjusted the angle. It was really bad enough that Magicks were so dangerous and harmful. Did they really have to be so annoying as well?

“If you say so,” Ev said tightly, snapping a few more photos. She couldn’t imagine wanting to buy a sunscreen product just because a man with a skunk tail told her to. But the world was so obsessed with “Who is this for, anyway? The specific niche of skunk tail people?” It was the kind of thing Ev would probably get in trouble if she said in front of her colleagues, but she imagined Theo already knew how Ev felt about magic. And best case scenario, really, was that he broke the lease and left.

#do it for the gram #theo

I'm not your friend or anything, damn You think that you're the man I think, therefore, I am

#'i'm not your friend' is VERY ev vibes #also this song just sounds like a villain song #inspo #music

Run Command | Evanescence

vanecessary-conditions:

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There was a lot about this potential project that Vanessa did not know.

But at the same time, there was a lot she did know — she knew that could possibly harness Shrieks and Screams to function as some sort of alarm and that it would be a lot of work, but imagine making a power-free alarm system in case the electricity got cut?

“Would it be okay if I… tried to integrate a little magic in?” she asked, tentatively. “I mean, I can absolutely just focus on a tech-oriented one if you’d prefer, but it might be cool to do something that doesn’t rely on batteries or electricity in case there’s a disaster that cuts out the power or something.

Ah, yes. It was all coming together. Ev had hoped Vanessa would suggest that herself, so if there were trouble down the line (and Ev expected trouble) she would be able to claim that it had been Vanessa’s idea all along. Just in case they really had to get into the nitty gritty of it all. But Ev also expected that, when things did get down to it, Vanessa would take responsibility.

The job description had said, after all, that Ev was looking for someone with initiative. Someone who took charge on projects and took responsibility. This was why.

She smiled, looking a little surprised but excited. “Perfect! That’s an excellent ideas. Good work, Vanessa. I wish I could give you some guidance there, with the magick stuff, but honestly, I think you’ve got this under control. You’ve been so good at independent work, anyway. I have faith in you.”

#vanessa #run command

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